Six J-10 demonstration aircraft flew over the Huangyaguan Great Wall in Tianjin at low altitude in a dense formation
Six J-10 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force's Bayi Aerobatic Demonstration Team flew over the Huangyaguan Great Wall in Tianjin in a dense formation on the 6th to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
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The August 1st Aerobatic Team of the Chinese Air Force was established in 1962 and has performed many aerial demonstration missions in domestic and foreign science and technology exhibitions.
China News Service, Tianjin, November 6 (Zhou Yaqiang, Sun Yifei) Six J-10 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force's Bayi Aerobatic Demonstration Team flew over the Huangyaguan Great Wall in Tianjin in a dense formation on the 6th to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
At about 11 o'clock in the morning that day, the formation flew over the Huangyaguan Great Wall, passed at low altitude along the ridge line, and flew over the Great Wall four times, pulling out red, yellow and blue smoke. The whole journey took about 30 minutes. This is the second time the performance team has flown over a world landmark after flying over the Huangyaguan Great Wall in 2018 and the Egyptian Pyramids in 2024.
Huangyaguan Great Wall is located in the north of Jizhou, Tianjin. It was first built in the Northern Qi Dynasty and rebuilt by Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty. It is known as the "Jibei Xiongguan" and is an important pass on the Great Wall. The area around this pass has crisscrossing valleys and changeable airflows, which require pilots to have high situational awareness and coordination.
Pilot Wang Xuesong said that flying in dense formations of large aircraft groups through valleys is a training subject for the Chinese Air Force's aviation forces, and this flight is a reflection of actual combat training.
Li Bin, captain of the performance team, said that flying over world landmarks demonstrates the open and confident image of the Chinese Air Force; as the modernization of the Air Force continues to advance, the performance team's trajectory will be further extended.
The Chinese Air Force's August 1st Aerobatic Demonstration Team was established in 1962 and is known as the "China Blue Sky Honor Guard". It has been equipped with J-5, J-6, JJ-5, J-7EB, J-7GB, J-10, J-10C and other aircraft models. It has completed more than 800 flight performances for more than 800 delegations from more than 180 countries and regions. (over)

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